diff --git a/include/linux/printk.h b/include/linux/printk.h
index eac1af8502bb..a0859e169bc3 100644
--- a/include/linux/printk.h
+++ b/include/linux/printk.h
@@ -31,6 +31,14 @@ static inline const char *printk_skip_level(const char *buffer)
 	return buffer;
 }
 
+static inline const char *printk_skip_headers(const char *buffer)
+{
+	while (printk_get_level(buffer))
+		buffer = printk_skip_level(buffer);
+
+	return buffer;
+}
+
 #define CONSOLE_EXT_LOG_MAX	8192
 
 /* printk's without a loglevel use this.. */
diff --git a/kernel/debug/kdb/kdb_io.c b/kernel/debug/kdb/kdb_io.c
index fc1ef736253c..98c9011eac78 100644
--- a/kernel/debug/kdb/kdb_io.c
+++ b/kernel/debug/kdb/kdb_io.c
@@ -697,7 +697,7 @@ kdb_printit:
 	 * Write to all consoles.
 	 */
 	retlen = strlen(kdb_buffer);
-	cp = (char *) printk_skip_level(kdb_buffer);
+	cp = (char *) printk_skip_headers(kdb_buffer);
 	if (!dbg_kdb_mode && kgdb_connected) {
 		gdbstub_msg_write(cp, retlen - (cp - kdb_buffer));
 	} else {